RealtyTrac found that 87 percent of all U.S. single-family homes and condos would qualify for a local down payment program based on the maximum price requirements for those programs and the estimated value of the properties.

Parts of Manhattan are going to attract a new wave of residential buyers, and despite rising costs, Brooklyn’s going to continue to be a hot residential market, according to a newly release set of predictions about 2015 real estate activity by Voda Bauer Real Estate.